Yep a #40 would have nominaly 1.097 ohms/ft. Whatcha got in mind Freddy boy?
Neil if ya really wnat to keep on punishing your self. Run up to Harbor Freight and get one of those cheapo variable speed 18v drills that have on sale from time to time. Mount that up in a plywood angle block and mount your spool on that they make a fairly good drive motor.
feed your wire from the floor up through one of those little clamp on bench mounted vises and feed it through a pad of TP, paper for and friction divice. if your feeding off a spool let it feed off the end of the spool. There is to much mass to try and feed it by mounting it on an axle. If your get it wound succesfully strip the ends with GC Strip-X and you might be able to do it.
You did say you were rewinding the meter, correct? Now the springs in the meter movement are another ball game all together.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
